Vocab 10 Flashcards by Daphne Cheung

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cajole

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to urge, to coax

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defile

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to make not pure, to contaminate

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desecrate

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to violate the sacredness of a place or thing

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magnate

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a wealthy and influential person

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prevaricator

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someone who speaks in an evasive way

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egregious

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extremely bad

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sapient

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smart, knowledgeable

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ingratiating

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sucking up, obsequious

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oleaginous

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excessive complimenting

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fastidious

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meticulous, conscientious

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fractious

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troublesome and irritable

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iconoclast

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a person who attacks common beliefs

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impinge

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to make an impression, or to infringe

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inchoate

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formless, amorphous

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stipulate

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to lay out conditions, to specify

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intransigent

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refusing to compromise, dogmatic

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scurrilous

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foul-mouthed; vulgar

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invective

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a verbal attack

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recondite

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esoteric, abstruse

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limpid

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clear, transparent

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licentious

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unprincipled

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mendacious

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having a lying, false character

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nascent

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process of being born

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oblique

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diverging from a straight line, not straightforward

perfidious

deceitful and untrustworthy

officious

offering one's services when they are unwanted

ostensible

seemingly

pallid

lacking colour

parsimonious

frugal, stingy

pejorative

derogatory

probity

virtue, integrity

punctilious

eager to follow rules or conventions

quagmire

a difficult situation

iota

a small amount, soupçon, modicum

reprobate

evil, unprincipled

ribald

coarsely, crudely humorous

sacrosanct

sacred, holy

piety

religious devoutness

knave

a charlatan

solicitous

concerned, attentive

solipsistic

believing that you're the only one in the world

tacit

expressed without words (taciturn)

tenuous

weak, having little strength

tractable

easily controlled

turpitude

depravity, atrocity

pontifical

feel superior, arrogant, pretentious

vex

to confuse

wanton

promiscuous, without regard for what's right

cavalier

indifferent to others' feelings

unstinting

giving without restraint